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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk
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A beautiful one hurts the heart.
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If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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Seeing is different than being told.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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By labor comes wealth. 
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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